Amos 8:4-10
New King James Version
4 Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And (A)the Sabbath,
That we may [b]trade wheat?
(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by (C)deceit,
6 That we may buy the poor for (D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
7 The Lord has sworn by (E)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely (F)I will never forget any of their works.
8 (G)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like [c]the River,
Heave and subside
(H)Like the River of Egypt.
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
(I)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in [d]broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts into (J)mourning,
(K)And all your songs into lamentation;
(L)I will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day.
Amos 9:7-15
New King James Version
7 “Are you not like the [a]people of Ethiopia to Me,
O children of Israel?” says the Lord.
“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The (A)Philistines from (B)Caphtor,[b]
And the Syrians from (C)Kir?
8 “Behold, (D)the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I (E)will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
9 “For surely I will command,
And will [c]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(F)Yet not the smallest [d]grain shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
(G)Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’
Israel Will Be Restored
11 “On(H) that day I will raise up
The [e]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [f]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 (I)That they may possess the remnant of (J)Edom,[g]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.
13 “Behold, (K)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
(L)The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (M)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(N)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(O)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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